Wealthy Southerners

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Some people in the South tend to act rich even if they only have $200K income. It is nothing compared to NY, to answer the OP's question. Counrtry clubs and even private schools cost nothing compared to NY. Southern people more than northern people like the pretense of being rich. Sometimes the Southern people are even convinced of it, despite actual dollars, because of supposed family lore. Usually there is not much to substantiate. Southerners are so funny.

Bingo!

We are early 30s and pulled in 1.2M last year, this year around 700k. We live in a townhouse in DC, have one car, modest clothes, hate fancy restaurants, etc.

In DC we are nobodies and want to stay that way. My one splurge is our golf club.

I’d imagine someone in the south with our income and at our age would be in a mansion, big jewelry, and driving a Maserati. Different strokes. Our families are all the same and I think it stems from my grandparent’s frugality. They passed away with a 75M estate and their favorite restaurant was Wendy’s!

A few factors with (some) Southerners:

1) Big fish in little pond syndrome
2) Low cost of living combined with low bar for big-fish success, esp if you are white male
3) Delusions of grandeur passed down through generations, maybe by now encoded in genes
4) Insularity. If you never leave the South, you never have to find out you are a nobody. If you do leave for a vacation, you can just parade around like you are royalty on tour for that short period of time.

I agree with all of this, but it is far more obvious than they realize, which makes it hilarious. I definitely get the "WTH do you think you are?! Don't you know who I AM?!" vibes from them - comical!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some people in the South tend to act rich even if they only have $200K income. It is nothing compared to NY, to answer the OP's question. Counrtry clubs and even private schools cost nothing compared to NY. Southern people more than northern people like the pretense of being rich. Sometimes the Southern people are even convinced of it, despite actual dollars, because of supposed family lore. Usually there is not much to substantiate. Southerners are so funny.

Bingo!

We are early 30s and pulled in 1.2M last year, this year around 700k. We live in a townhouse in DC, have one car, modest clothes, hate fancy restaurants, etc.

In DC we are nobodies and want to stay that way. My one splurge is our golf club.

I’d imagine someone in the south with our income and at our age would be in a mansion, big jewelry, and driving a Maserati. Different strokes. Our families are all the same and I think it stems from my grandparent’s frugality. They passed away with a 75M estate and their favorite restaurant was Wendy’s!

A few factors with (some) Southerners:

1) Big fish in little pond syndrome
2) Low cost of living combined with low bar for big-fish success, esp if you are white male
3) Delusions of grandeur passed down through generations, maybe by now encoded in genes
4) Insularity. If you never leave the South, you never have to find out you are a nobody. If you do leave for a vacation, you can just parade around like you are royalty on tour for that short period of time.

I agree with all of this, but it is far more obvious than they realize, which makes it hilarious. I definitely get the "WTH do you think you are?! Don't you know who I AM?!" vibes from them - comical!

+1 million! And they all descend from "Southern aristocracy" too

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some people in the South tend to act rich even if they only have $200K income. It is nothing compared to NY, to answer the OP's question. Counrtry clubs and even private schools cost nothing compared to NY. Southern people more than northern people like the pretense of being rich. Sometimes the Southern people are even convinced of it, despite actual dollars, because of supposed family lore. Usually there is not much to substantiate. Southerners are so funny.

Bingo!

We are early 30s and pulled in 1.2M last year, this year around 700k. We live in a townhouse in DC, have one car, modest clothes, hate fancy restaurants, etc.

In DC we are nobodies and want to stay that way. My one splurge is our golf club.

I’d imagine someone in the south with our income and at our age would be in a mansion, big jewelry, and driving a Maserati. Different strokes. Our families are all the same and I think it stems from my grandparent’s frugality. They passed away with a 75M estate and their favorite restaurant was Wendy’s!

A few factors with (some) Southerners:

1) Big fish in little pond syndrome
2) Low cost of living combined with low bar for big-fish success, esp if you are white male
3) Delusions of grandeur passed down through generations, maybe by now encoded in genes
4) Insularity. If you never leave the South, you never have to find out you are a nobody. If you do leave for a vacation, you can just parade around like you are royalty on tour for that short period of time.

I agree with all of this, but it is far more obvious than they realize, which makes it hilarious. I definitely get the "WTH do you think you are?! Don't you know who I AM?!" vibes from them - comical!

Confirmation bias. Those are the “rich” Southerners you noticed while you were ignoring the old guy in the beat up truck who is the one with the real money.